There is no denying it – when you are doing something boring, the minutes drag on unbearably slowly, and vice versa – an exciting pastime ends unforgivably quickly.
Employees of Ohio State University, USA, tried to find the reason.
They came to the conclusion that people (or rather, most people) quickly get over vacations because they perceive positive events as something short-lived.
The researchers analyzed four studies, one of which asked participants to rate the length of three types of upcoming weekends: fun, terrible, and normal.
On a special scale, volunteers indicated how soon they felt the weekend would begin and end.
According to the results, a good weekend started later and ended earlier, while a terrible one, on the contrary, came sooner and lasted longer.
According to the authors of the work, this phenomenon can be explained by our initial perception and attitude.
Something bad and unpleasant makes us afraid, it puts pressure on us, which makes us think that the negative event will happen faster, while something good seems to us to be something unattainable and very small.
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